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Shadow of war vs assasins creed origins?

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I have Shadow of War, but haven't played much of it. I found it much harder to get pulled into then I did for Shadow of Mordor.

I did get AC:Origins from a co-worker for free, and I have been loving it. I played it for a day when it came out, but then got sucked into Super Mario Odyessy. After beating that, I decided to pick Origins back up and it's been great so far. I actually enjoy wandering Egypt, and I'm not even that far into the game yet. (I only just got to Alexandria).

On a note about combat: it's different. Where AC more or less created and perfected the combat system that Shadow of War uses (with the assistance of the Batman games), Origins takes it in a completely different direction. It's not just attack, attack, press button to Counter, attack some more. You need to analyze your surroundings and the number of guards that are nearby. You can't simply rush in and slash everyone to pieces without thinking. You'll actually have to dodge at certain times, maybe perform a heavy attack to break an opponent's shield stance, and then go in to attack. Additionally, since you have a level, enemies have levels to, and the game clearly marks if you'll get your ass handed to you, or if you can actually stand a fighting chance.

I'll definitely pick up Shadow of War (likely after I'm done with Origins), but it just didn't suck me like the previous game did.

I have Shadow of War, but haven't played much of it. I found it much harder to get pulled into then I did for Shadow of Mordor.

I did get AC:Origins from a co-worker for free, and I have been loving it. I played it for a day when it came out, but then got sucked into Super Mario Odyessy. After beating that, I decided to pick Origins back up and it's been great so far. I actually enjoy wandering Egypt, and I'm not even that far into the game yet. (I only just got to Alexandria).

On a note about combat: it's different. Where AC more or less created and perfected the combat system that Shadow of War uses (with the assistance of the Batman games), Origins takes it in a completely different direction. It's not just attack, attack, press button to Counter, attack some more. You need to analyze your surroundings and the number of guards that are nearby. You can't simply rush in and slash everyone to pieces without thinking. You'll actually have to dodge at certain times, maybe perform a heavy attack to break an opponent's shield stance, and then go in to attack. Additionally, since you have a level, enemies have levels to, and the game clearly marks if you'll get your ass handed to you, or if you can actually stand a fighting chance.

I'll definitely pick up Shadow of War (likely after I'm done with Origins), but it just didn't suck me like the previous game did.

I have Shadow of War, but haven't played much of it. I found it much harder to get pulled into then I did for Shadow of Mordor.

I did get AC:Origins from a co-worker for free, and I have been loving it. I played it for a day when it came out, but then got sucked into Super Mario Odyessy. After beating that, I decided to pick Origins back up and it's been great so far. I actually enjoy wandering Egypt, and I'm not even that far into the game yet. (I only just got to Alexandria).

On a note about combat: it's different. Where AC more or less created and perfected the combat system that Shadow of War uses (with the assistance of the Batman games), Origins takes it in a completely different direction. It's not just attack, attack, press button to Counter, attack some more. You need to analyze your surroundings and the number of guards that are nearby. You can't simply rush in and slash everyone to pieces without thinking. You'll actually have to dodge at certain times, maybe perform a heavy attack to break an opponent's shield stance, and then go in to attack. Additionally, since you have a level, enemies have levels to, and the game clearly marks if you'll get your ass handed to you, or if you can actually stand a fighting chance.

I'll definitely pick up Shadow of War (likely after I'm done with Origins), but it just didn't suck me like the previous game did.

I have yet to get origins but I’m playing through shadow of war right now and having a lot of fun I want to get origins but heard the combat was pretty bad so I’m not sure yet.

I have both and they are both a great game....if you like capturing Capt. Orcs and leveling them to get a specific one and well killing Orc non stop lol. Then you will get a lot of enjoyment out of this and there is a ton of reputability.

Origins is great just like Black Flag was it is just set in that era of Egypt and it is HUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUGE spaning several sectors and there is soooooooooooooooooo much to do and find it will take you 80+ hrs to find everything and that is with 8hr sessions a day lol.

If you want to get a exploration game get Assassins Origins and if you want a Capturing Orc game get Shadow of War.

Origins is great just like Black Flag was it is just set in that era of Egypt and it is HUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUGE spaning several sectors and there is soooooooooooooooooo much to do and find it will take you 80+ hrs to find everything and that is with 8hr sessions a day lol.

I just beat the game a couple hours short of 50 hours and managed to clear every ? on the map and do all the sidequests. I didn't finish the arena or elite Hippodrome races but I can't imagine they would add over 30 hours of play time.

btw, SoW is getting a mix of free and paid DLC tomorrow: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOt9HusUQAAi5Fo.jpg

I haven't been playing since Destiny2 came out but that looks pretty cool. I do want more orc tribes so I'll probably be getting them too. I won't be getting the season pass though because I don't think I'll be wanting to get into a new campaign mode next year, probably just continue here and there with the end-game content. The thing I'm really looking forward to though is the online fight pits releasing Dec 5th. I'll have to start training my orcs for that...

Origins is great just like Black Flag was it is just set in that era of Egypt and it is HUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUGE spaning several sectors and there is soooooooooooooooooo much to do and find it will take you 80+ hrs to find everything and that is with 8hr sessions a day lol.

unless you develop amnesia every time you close and boot up the game, it would make no difference what your play session length is. 80 hours is 80 hours, whether you play 1 80 hour session or 80 1 hour sessions.

and as pointed out, no the f*** it isn't 80 hours. but then again, this is why my sig used to read "never listen to mucloud"

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